MORNING REPORT

Pop Charts

May 08, 1987| Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press

U2's "The Joshua Tree" has proven deeply rooted indeed on the Billboard Top Pop LPs chart: The Irish band's latest marks its fourth week at No. 1 this week. The Beastie Boys and Bon Jovi have switched places since last week--the brat-rappers' "Licensed to Ill" moved down to No. 3 while Jon Bon Jovi's crew saw its LP crawl up a notch to No. 2. Fleetwood Mac's new LP, "Tango in the Night," finally cracked the Top 10 in its third week of release, rising to No. 9 (No. 14 last week). On Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, the top spot went to U2 as well: "With or Without You" rose from No. 3 last week to No. 1 this week. Last week's kingpin single--Cutting Crew's "(I Just) Died in Your Arms"--fell to No. 3. Kim Wilde's remake of Holland-Dozier-Holland's "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (No. 8) and Poison's "Talk Dirty to Me" (No. 9) both soared into the Top 10, as did Atlantic Starr's "Always" (No. 10).